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Astrobiology Minor

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

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Program
Award
Minor
Catalog edition
Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Return to: Programs The Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, participate in a multidisciplinary minor in Astrobiology. The minor requires at least 16 credits. To complete the minor, students must complete the following: ISCI 1510 ISCI 4510 ; taken at least 2 semesters A 3-credit research project on a topic related to Astrobiology under the supervision of a RARE faculty member or other faculty member with permission of the RARE Director ISCI 4610 At least two additional courses from the list below to bring the total credits to at least 16. These additional courses must be outside the major field of study*
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_953cdb67
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Choose two of the following

Choose 2 of the following · Choose two of the following · 27 items
  1. ASTR 1520
    Stars, Galaxies, and the Cosmos
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. ASTR 1540
    Earth and Sky
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  3. ASTR 2050
    Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  4. BIOL 2120
    Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. BIOL 2160
    Introduction to Geobiology
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  6. BIOL 2500
    Genetics and Evolution
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  7. BIOL 4620
    Molecular Biology
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  8. BIOL 4720
    Molecular Biology Laboratory
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  9. BIOL 4760
    Molecular Biochemistry I
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  10. BIOL 4770
    Molecular Biochemistry II
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  11. BIOL 4860
    Evolution
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  12. CHEM 2250
    Organic Chemistry I
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  13. CHEM 4110
    Instrumental Methods of Analysis
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  14. CHEM 4130
    Mass Spectrometry
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  15. CHEM 4410
    Macroscopic Physical Chemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  16. CHEM 4440
    Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  17. CHEM 4530
    Modern Techniques in Chemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  18. CHEM 4690
    Aqueous Geochemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  19. CHEM 4810
    Chemistry of the Environment
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  20. ENVE 4560
    Isotope Geochemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  21. ERTH 2140
    Introduction to Geochemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  22. ERTH 2160
    Introduction to Geobiology
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  23. ERTH 2330
    Earth Materials
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  24. ERTH 4540
    Organic Geochemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  25. ERTH 6560
    Isotope Geochemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  26. ERTH 4690
    Aqueous Geochemistry
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  27. ISCI 1510
    Introduction to Astrobiology
    Not resolved to a course
    4

Additional Information

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    Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10011&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0230.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.